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Adele Jergens, Edward Everett Horton, George Macready

Rita Hayworth really was a screen goddess in the late 1940s--so why not cast her as Terpsichore, the goddess of dance? That's the premise of this splashy Technicolor musical, which borrows some device...( read more  read more... )s (and cast members) from Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Rita descends to earth to inject authenticity into a Broadway show about Terpsichore, posing as an actress and turning the head of impresario Larry Parks (then in the brief moment between his Jolson Story smash and his blacklisting). This leads to an overblown, pretentious out-of-town tryout, an amusing sequence that predicts the highbrow disaster in The Band Wagon. In general, this film is funnier than its reputation, although it doesn't add up to anything and the song score is tepid (with one delightfully weird number where Rita considers bigamy with Parks and dancer Marc Platt). And Rita? Very creamy looking in a series of lavish gowns--and hardly down to earth. --Robert Horton

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Unrated, 101 min.

Directed by: Alexander Hall

Release Date: August 21, 1947

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DVD Release Date: May 11, 2004

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  • ButterflyAngel1013
    July 23, 2008
    ButterflyAngel1013
    Goofy plot line but so lovable.
  • Venieza
    July 19, 2007
    Venieza
    All CLASSICS are GOOD
  • x0hn0th3r4nc0rx
    May 24, 2007
    x0hn0th3r4nc0rx
    Although not her best, Rita Hayworth effortlessly performs as the Goddess of Dance, Terpsichore and hardly looks down to earth with heavenly makeup, hair, and costumes.

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